Diaper



R. A. TASKER Feb. 17, 1942. I

' DIAPER Filed Sept. 27,- 1938 IN VENTOR,

ATTORNEYS 2,119,610 issued June 7,

Patented Feb. 17, 1942 oirso STATES PATENT OFFICE DIAPER Robert A.Tasker, Syracuse, N. Y., assignor of one-third to 'Harlcy M. Gates,Syracuse, N. Y. 1

Application September 27, 1938, Serial No. 231,928 3 Claims. (01.128-284) This invention relates to diapers, particularly for babies,consisting of layers of material, as outer and inner layers of paper orgauze or the like, adapted to withstand one use of the diaper, and anintermediate layer or absorbent pad, as the materials described inTasker Patent No.

1938, and has for its object a diaper of this nature which isrectangular or oblong in general form with its side margins gathered andsecured together, thereby forming theintermediate part of the diaperbetween the side margins with transverse wrinkles and securing thegathered margins to maintain the transverse wrinkles. I

Another objectof the invention is providing such a diaper with elasticportions, as the side margins, so that they are stretchable in an end Iwise direction.

I and 2 designate the inner or upper, and the outer or lower, layers ofmaterial, and 3 the intermediate layer. The layers 2 are preferably ofsoft gauze or paper, and the intermediate layer 3 a pad, as in thepatent referred to, and the upper or inner layer I is preferablyperforated.

The layers are gathered at 4 along their side margins providing theportions of the diaper between their side margins with transversewrinkles 5, so that when the diaper is applied to the child, thewrinkles adjacent the crotch extend transversely of the crotch and opento form a sack at 6, (in contradistinction to lengthwise thereof andcompressing or wadding) and hence do not irritate the child. Thegathered margins 4 are elastically secured together so that they canstretch and contract in a direction lengthwise of the margins. They arepreferably secured together by stitching with an elastic thread at 1,while being gathered, the lines of stitching being located inward fromthe outer edges of the material. The upper or inner layer 1 is ofgreater width than the lower and intermediate layers 2, 3, and the sidemargins of the upper or inner margin 1 folded around the edges of thelower and intermediate layers 2, 3 in the form of a hem.

This diaper, owing to the rectangular or oblong formation, isparticularly economical to manufacture compared with diapers of specialshape such as that shown in the patent referred to, and can be made upfrom long strips of materials drawn from reels or bolts of material, andthe assembled strips cut up into diaper lengths.

In applying the diaper to the child, the child is laid on the upper halfof the diaper, the lower half brought up between the legs of the childover the stomach and the lower corners of the diaper secured to theupper corners in any suitable manner, as by safety pins. When thusapplied, the wrinkles extend transversely of the crotch and have enoughslack therein to form a sack, and also owing to the transverse wrinkles,the diaper will not wad or irritate the child at the crotch. Owing tothe elastic margins, the rectangular diaper readily conforms to the bodyand legs of the child without irritation, and also a diaper of a giveninitial size is adaptable to different sizes of bodies.

What I claim is:

1. A diaper oblong in general form and consisting of layers of materialhaving their side margins gathered forming the diaper between the sidemargins with transverse wrinkles or corrugations, particularly in theportion which comes in the crotch of the child, the transverse wrinklesor corrugations in the crotch portion forming a sack when the diaper isapplied to the child, the gathering in the side margins being secured.

2. A diaper oblong in general form and consisting of layers of materialhaving their side margins gathered forming the diaper between the sidemargins with transverse wrinkles or corrugations, particularly in theportion which comes in the crotch of the child, the gatherings in theside margins being elastically secured together.

3. A diaper oblong in general form and consisting of layers of materialhaving their side margins gathered forming the diaper between the sidemarginswith transverse wrinkles or corrugations, particularly in theportion which comes in the crotch of the child, one of the outer layershaving its margin folded around the intermediate layer and the otherouter layer in the form of a hem and the gatherings of the side marginsand hem being elastically secured together.

ROBERT A. TASKER.

